After three failed years the Carlingwark (roadside) Great Crested Grebes have at last hatched at least one of four eggs. Seen feeding happily. Barbara Williams. 

Hoddam, Woodcockair. Pair of Redstart with newly fledged young this morning at woodland edge. Ssw one young on the bracken but female disappearing with food and coming out with nothing. Watching for 10 minutes at a safe distance. Bill Jamieson. 

One flew west off the Mull of Galloway this afternoon. 

c1300 Common Scoter distantly out from Carsethorn, in line roughly with Chapelcross Power Station, so probably off WWT/NNR. Gavin Chambers.

4th.Heard between Bankend Road & Craigs Road c8:45pm. https://goo.gl/maps/tnaDzFd9tDJLtR4g8  

RSPB Crook of Baldoon. Quail flushed c0915 from lagoon path. Headed towards airfield. Ivan Lang. 

Saw it briefly c5pm in the garden opposite the play area. I suspect it likes the wetter garden boundary with the burn. Spooked v easily when it saw me walking along the road back to the play area. It flew up into the large oak tree, then towards the school field where boundaries with the same burn. So that would seem to be it's current range looking for food. Sister got a better view! 🙄😁 PJ

I saw it for around 30 seconds on my arrival at 11am in garden across from children's play park but it flew away over rooftops heading south. Never seen again in the two hours I was there. Colin Kinnear.

Hoopoe flying near Glencaple swing park this morning. Duncan Irving. Still present in the close & nearby area early evening. 

30th. "I did another tour of Glencaple without seeing the Hoopoe and was back home when I decided to have another look at the grass across from the swing park at the junction of Wardlaw Drive and Great Eastern Drive - and there it was. This was at 8pm. If it's there [tomorrow] you will be able to see it from the roadside. The bird has been seen at several places in the village so it will probably be difficult to locate." Duncan Irving. 

Newbie. 29th. Little Stint was with a flock of Ringed Plover. Also 5 summer Turnstone, a single Dunlin and 3 Whimbrel. Bill Jamieson. 

A bird reported in a Glencaple garden, centrally located in the village. Viewing possibilities aren't known & I would strongly advise caution & complete respect for residents privacy should anyone try to find it. 

Not much variety but 1 Bar-tailed Godwit & continuing strong Whimbrel passage with 15 - 20 birds. PJ

Browhouses ; Curlew Sandpiper this morning with Dunlin & 3 Little Gull on the rising tide. Seafield ; 2 Long-tailed Skua this morning flew east past Whinnyrigg, showing some of the recent passage Skua do actually grace the Scottish side! 

Before the General Election Labour promised to restore nature. Less than a year in, and the new Chancellor is leading a charge against the natural world. Email your MP to remove Part 3 of the Bill AND ask THEM to call out the Chancellor for her attack on nature. https://wtru.st/fix-the-bill https://action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/171483/action/1?locale=en-GB  

April 2025 report published 19th May. FYI. The Wig April 2025 report

Heard and spotted Green Woodpecker at The Hills plantation this evening. Robbie Purdie. 

Returned for a couple of hours & a better result. 24 or more Bar-tailed Godwit, though 20 or so were on the English side! 1 in sumplum. 5 Avocet total, 1 with yellow rings on both tarsus, maybe red too but couldn't read. A Little Egret with rings; red H on right & yellow 4 on left tarsus. 2 juv Little Gull as recently reported largely sticking together. 3 Whimbrel briefly around 6:30pm. Group of Shelduck with 10 recently hatched fur balls. Cute! PJ

Mein Water confluence with River Annan. No Blue-headed (Channel) Wagtail found, just a lonesome LRP, Common Sandpiper, half dozen Swift & stoat across road. PJ. https://maps.app.goo.gl/SdjP8w1qKBHEvCBZA  

2 Avocet flying downriver, Dornock way. No Little Gull found in short visit. 

Little Ringed Plover and Yellow Wagtail (blue headed race) at Mein Water this evening (19th), both showing well but the wagtail was very mobile and difficult to get a really good picture, but I think pretty diagnostic. Bill Jamieson.  Ed. Great find again from BJ.

1600hrs. Two Little Gull and 21 Bar-tailed Godwit at Browhouses. Also 250 Kittiwake went through going east. Steven Cooper. 

Redstarts showing well this morning, probably 5 birds here now at least. Observing one bird with another calling about 50 yards away. Sadly no Pied Flycatcher again, used to get 4/5 breeding pairs in here, nothing for a few years now. Bill Jamieson. 

Alpine Swift briefly over car park between Queen St and Prince's St south of Stranraer harbour this afternoon at 1440hrs. Lawrence Gray. 

2 Nightjars 'churring' (& seen) at Kirkconnell Flow NNR this evening (15th May). Churring started about 21.45 hours. Paul Massey. Ed. I was expecting an earlier than usual report with the weather. 

Unsurprisingly, a bird was present in the Glasserton area & reported a week ago. Others sure to be around. 

13th. Carstramon Wood : 20 singing Redstart, 19 singing Pied Flycatcher. 15th. 2/3 of the way from car park at Knocktinkle (on Laurieston to Gatehouse of Fleet Road) to Loch Whinyeon, 2 singing Whinchat. Mark Bannister. 

Mark Humphreys says: "I may be mistaken but I believe I saw a Bar-headed Goose with two goslings on Loch Skerrow today. Do they interbreed ? It was at a distance, but the white neck and marked head appeared undeniable."  Ed. Probably a Canada-Greylag hybrid. Bar-head? Nay! Feral escapee maybe. 

The March report was published on April 27th, should you not have noticed, like myself! awanderroundthewig.blogspot.com

11/5/25 - 3 Garden Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, singles of Whitethroat & Green Woodpecker. Bryn Burgess.